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PORTLAND, OXIEGQK,.. WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 6, 1922. U-TWENTYf FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO QENT3 VOL. XX. NO. 232. POLICE FIND ;llAiOF i Slayer of Mrs. Alberta Meadows ' Makes Good Her Escape From Los Angeles County Jail Hus-- band Is Held Incommunicado. . . Los' Angeles. Dec. - fl. N. S.)- Jtunted by every officer- of the law in Southern - California and federal au thorities along ihe Mexican - border; Clara Phillip, ! convicted j bamrner murderers' : of Alberta -Meadows, who escaped from the eouwty .jail -yesterday 1 by sawing through, the bars of her celt. was atiU the enigma, woman" today at 'the end of 21 hours' search , after ber get-awayr v r . -. - . f Police are working without a -single -tangible clew.; Sheriff L W. Traeger and his. deputies nt it their task of findings Mrs.--Phillips'-with renewed vigor today, confident that she would b found before. nightfall;- . 'rATROtMG BORDER' . '' '- Cnder', Sheriff Eugene Biscalux,-act-Jnron a tip that . Mr& Phillips may be aboard '. a fast motor boaJ Txradlng for ' Knsenada.'',. a Lower California -pert, left Tijuana 'early today for.aht point to make a search for the es-5apeid prla- . oner. Deputy ? Sheriff NoUn & left in charge- of the ? border i patrol :f at Tijuana. - :;-: J.f3.J' - . The possibility that. Mrs. Phillips' v. flight, from Los Angeles to some, point across the '.border-, might have ; been t -.made - by airplane "was not, being over. looked by the authorities.' v- . . V t'SBAH O ; HELD ' , : ft- -.' X'' i, Armour ti. -Phillips. 'for whow love : Mn, Phillips is sald 't ' nave-besten Mrs. Meadows to -death, .'Jjas J -. been found, .but failed to thro, any "light I .on : the. midden dlsappeara-rsce of his ..- wife. After PhUllps'-y explanation of his whereabouts on- Monday -high and Tuesday be was released only later to be detained ' and held incommunicado. According- to -.Phillips -storyhe re--tired in a downtown hotel about 11 JO Monday night and slept jomdly 'until v" around ,nooa :yeeterday,f.: After -lea vine I his room, Phillips said, he sew -news-; paper headlines telling of Tils wife's ea - cape,, and that, was ths first hs knew of it. Other details 'of' Phillips story " ' were ; checked up irr detail and found ..' to tally, , -. v-i ,-$ v " j; The belief -that an abandoned autc ' 'mobile - at Ing Beach might -k-;ad to , a clew was exploded . wheti-the- owner E BRUSH 7 CAST DIE TODAY Pendleton, Pec . Senators Roy-. Y7. Ritnes returned here from Salem this morning, to preside over the long-de-layed meeting, of ths Eastern Oregon senate delegation .whfch will deternilne - the sUnd of the Sagebrush-. Seven" t upon the senate presidency;. Bepator ..' Strayer and Dennis arrived this noon and Senators Ellis fine! Bobertson are . expVcted this evening. . Senator Jay Upton, who : is the . present choice of i the Eastern. Oregon-ti kxj for t be - presl- . J dency, has said that he Would not at- 4 tend, leaving his .colleague" free to n discuss the situation, unhampered by his presence... : -. ...v.it -1 . i v Three. ' considerations f confront . the ; meeting. First is the question whether Moser's determination it ! vote tot tTp ton. 'even thongh -,Moaer- declares. his support has neither bee a ssked nor.is given wttu any expectation of favor. will be a violation: of the; bloc's . pledge to the Eddy faction to have nothing to -1, do with the Multnomah . county legis lator. , ; :s i :irn-' "-- The secend Is whether this promise to . t Eddy that Moser would rtfx be,- treated - wHh is binding upon Seriatotv Strayer . ef Baker. Strayer. however, gave Hit v ner his proxy to act at the meeting held some time age- inPertlan and It was at that meeting that the contract With Eddy wasjnade. , - . . . i The third -considers tion i Is the Jlden tity of the candidate - who - will 'have the support of the--bloc in -case ".Sh.de- sertion of Upton is decided sipon.- t Several members of the -delegation :" have not seemed . to4- feel unkindly v toward the ides, of another-candidate.-. (Goealadwt ea Pas Befsstsss, Oaliuss Two) Editor lAccused. of , : Contempt of Court ; :. . Denied New Trial , ' . Indianapolis, .Ind., tec ' .U. P.) ' v - The supreme court today overruled a ; notion for a new trial of James Kil '-" gallen, - Managing editor, of the .Old ' Indiana Daily Times, who was charged - by the Marion county criminal c6urt ' - with, contempt. - r ' - - As result of 4n editorial; printed in : the Times, before it came under . . Scrlpps-Howard - managemeRt ' - as ; the i ' Indianapolis Times. KllgaUen was fined . s:o and costs and sentenced to'serve 1 two 10-day jail sentences, i The higher J- court sustaining 7 the' criminal court, --- held the managing editor and not- the i editor-in-chief is-responsible for. what - .ever la published In a newspaper. - Oregon Postmasters i . Named by -President Washinrten. Deci WASHING TON BUEEAU OF .TUB- JOURNAL.) "f- The president today; nominated the following Oregon postmasters : Irwin IV Pike at Orass Valley, Roderick - A. t Ohissoiirt at Monroe. Otu O. Schneider , at Powers. Russel! H. Saller.s at 1'rai- i Tie City.. ... : - t , SAG ProhiChief Heckledby Gallivan Washing-ton, Dec. . (1. N. S.V Pro hibitioit ' Commissioner Roy y Haynes was subject to heckling by wet" mem bers of the - house appropriation com. mtttes - when he appeared, befors them to ask for an appropriation of $9,J0O, MO to carry on enforcement work for the next fiscal -year,- it was disclosed today- when the report of his appear ance beoame public. - , Representative 4 Qalliran. temocrat of Massachusetts,, a-:et," questioned Haynes - cksely about ; the workings of his bureau, paying particular attend tion to "missionary" work dons in- ad vancing prohibition, sentiment, ' Haynes told the committee of trips he "mad about the country ' for lec tures. He said he was usually accom panied try Sherman A. Cuneo, publicity representative, who - receives 92250 a year as.a general agent. . - Representative " Gallivan ' asked Haynes If he had knowledge that Cu- neo had telsgraphed at government expense from Miami. Fla., while Pres ident Harding was there, directing t . - Plea8 send : m whits- pants. I want to. make a front in front -of the presdent." - Haynes said he knew. Ouneo was in Florida at - the. time, but 'he did not know shout the telegram, -John Wesley HIU, a former minister, and Miss -Georgia. Hopley, are carried nn! th rnlln.- llmi testified. not ss agents but to give information in pub lic addresses. He said this "Was a part of jwis propaganda work. . Gallivan questioned the prohibition commissioner closely ; about ;"a state ment - attribute? to him t' the effect that 20.000,000 Americans had gone on the wster wagon" last syeaf. Hajmes declined to acknowledge the' figures as his own. ' but stated the number - that had: been converted to prohibition is laiwe. tv-; .-; i -i-;t - -r"1-;.. '"- -Ouestioned about the working of his detective forc, ; Haynes said it -had been frequently necessary t purchase evidence .upon which convictions oould be secured and that about $150,000 had been spent in this phase of the work last year, , . OREGON en IN V Washington! ilec. C (tT. P.V Ore gen. stands in; -greater ""need . of - new railroad -competition than any- other BUte in . the Union, w. B. Blddle, former president of the St. Iouls-San Prancisco railroad, said-today for Pa cific coast -canning Interests- before the interstate commerce commission. Bid dl- asked for. the separation of the Southern t Paci ftc-Central : Pacif ic : sys- "Competition-of railroads is the -vital factor In. the development of every community,. Biddle said. -f The great development In southern California , started - with the "coming of. the Bants. Fe.i The wim. thing is true of Kansas,--Olclanoma-and Texas, where', there was i competition between the Santa - Fe and the' -Roclc -' Island systems." . i The area between Eugene, Or and Sacramento,: Cal is : underdeveloped and so" rugged, in character, that new railroad- construction , cannot be looked for in the near future, Biddle said. Consequently j be believed ' that develop ment must be bad through, more com petition, i between existing, railroad facilities. " , , ; , ; ' Proposied Packers' .Merger violation, :i :Says LaTolIette . . t i ' -Washington .OeC, .(!. U. ' S.) Branding the proposed merger -of . two of the, "Big Five". Chicago, packers as a 'flagrant violation of the law,". Sen ator La Fouette. Republican of Wis conin. today t charged in. the senate that officials of the Armour and Mor ris companies i were "frankly, bargain lng with ; the 'government - for ' pertnis sion to do an-unlawful act," , i . ! La Follette asked the senate to pass fhis resolution, demanding a. government investigation of the proposed merger. Aiitb ; Deaths 13,000.Lives By 'Will Johnson - , f -, ; ITajtad Nam Staff Cormpeedaat. - . j. -tCopTTisht. 1S22, fer United Kaes) New Tork, Dec . The United States is in the grip of an automobile men ace "more grave than any- existlns plague. - j " , - ! , -, i Practically nothing is being done about it, but the point where the coun try will rise in wrath, and demand im mediate action is near at hand. ' -Tbesa are the viewaa of Dr. Louis X. Dublin, chairman of the Jhcci dent sta tistics committee of the -public safety section 'of the national safety council, and statistician vof the , Metropolitan Life Insurance company of New: Tork, interviewed by tbe United News he drew the most alarming picture yet presented of the havoc being wrought by unrestrained and 3 indiscriminate automobile t trsfflc -. throughout k this eountryv - - " , '- - t . - - Mr. Dublin 'estimated- that between 11.000 and 14.000 persons will have been killed in the Unked State by automo biies for the year :132,T: as enormous Increase - of ; such, mortalitjr over any previous 12 months. : H pointed out that while: deaths from other causes, notably disease, have been, going down steadUy as in the case of tuberculosis for-4nstance-deaths and injuries from motor, cars are being augmented at a disxy pace. ' "Although September, 1S2, marks the minimum mortality ever recorded from disease, this month also Is featured sty the fact that rie aur.-Trrtiie acci Int deata rate :i,3 r-er 1 .. iari-s t.-.e PLCOifETITION POLICE CHIEF AMONG FORCE Ten X Per ', Cent of '- Men Take Hush Money From Malefactors and Others of Criminal Repute Says" Jenkins; Starts Cleanup. That 10 per cent of Portland's police men are grafting .upon malefactors and are profiting thereb"y. to-such an extent that they are able to five in luxury despite the modest salary of patrol men, was the, declaration today ., of Ciiief :Tf Police Jenkins, ; wSo - began his announced - campaign , of thorough investigation into' the personal affairs of his men. . . i It has been 'known for months that petty,, grafting .has - become ; the? daily routine. oCmany policemeiu , T.Tntil the chiefs -.declaration today - that . this number may 'nm as high as 10 per cent, however, the extent, or tnts mai fessance had not been suspected. ' The chiefs announcement - Monday that be proposed to go into this graft question., on a systematic basis, detau ing' two veterans of . the ,- service : to check up on - low salaried men whose Hving scale is beyond - the; popes of those -confined strictly . to - police man's salary,- has .created a furor in the ranks. - 1 , -- MEVAHR I?lIRIfA?rT The announcement was greeted with indignations .v Those policemen - who have been guilty of financial miscon duct, are ' enraged t because . of . the prospect of losing their jobs and their ."snap" ; the honest men,- Hecanse of the sustticion - cast, upon them along with the guilty ones. '.. - The expected upheaval has -many ramifications an$ may prove difficult to, bring -about, the rnief admitted. chiefly, because it would, bring -to .eight the thing - all want - to conceal that there is graft in the department- be yond the. conception, of the public . GRAFT FBOM TSDEBWOBLu . :. - How : a patroimanL drawiiric'-$158 ; a raoTitpJ Can owtit a .high, fricedi suto- rooWie-,-t live -extravagantly" and - own, a fine? home;.' is more', than -any person cart figure-out unless- he -gets ' money from jther sources and" frr large quan tities. :'j ncjtacrner us Know- now- inry get' 'it -sjsd- -know wherst jthey --get . They know It comes from bootleggers. Cancladad on fae Twow Crfoisn Flv) YOUNG SOLDIER AT 1 BARKS SUICIDE - ,,J t . , : f - ' Vancouver, Wash Dec.. 6; Mike Szabtinlc, S6, a. , private ''in company H, seventh infantry , committed suicide at 4 :50 o'piock. Tuesday j evening.' by Shooting himself through the head witn a .45. calibre -army revolver. Ssabllnk was in the -big squad room, with Cor poral Feinev--He pointed t?ie , revolver- at fetne, wfio rusnea oowp xo xne or derly room and told First' Sergeant J. W. Price. l i : ; . ' . - r When the .sergeant reached the squad room, he found the 'door . closed. As he ! opened' it ? Ssablink shouted "Don't come near roe." placed' the gun against . his head, and' pulled the trig ger. The company servioe. record does not' show-any . former address ; of the dead - man. ; Coroner ' Limier has the Dooy in cnargei ;. x'.i i f -, v HighCouftjOp.:: .-. : Secret i Societies j j : '- 1 . r 'Jefferson City,- Mo.,, Dec , t.--i'L ts. S. High school fraternities scored a great victory in the. Missouri supreme court when the court held that students have the right- to - become ? members of secret.: societies and enjoined - school boards - from . enforcing ; the , rules against fraternities, 3 , ; - " - ;pri ! Increase Lost in 1922 f - r. 't".i v ? " i' maximum -ever, registered - among the Industrial insurance- policy holders for tn in cause or .death, m -.- i - Typhoid is negligible menace as compared, with, the automobile. . The ratio is now f to 1 against , the -motor car. - i - -. - "One-third, of ' the fatal automobile accidents ' occur Among children under 15 years of age.,' trTaking speeding 5 motorists t to morgues to view the bodii'ss of victims is a palliative measure, bst it ' is tike saying 'No. no. no. to a small boy. Dr. Dublin declared. ; "They get used to It and the effect wears eft. "urther- more . the- -fudges fcavent the - time to keep up tbe proctice. ; " ' ; i ' -It is high time." f Dr. 1 Dublin ex claimed. turning, away from . his sta tistics, "that something' of a construc tive nature be done. ? The situation has reached -the' point where considerable concern must be --tevetoped . over this wastage! iof human life; g The automo bile industry- as a business is nothing but business. The manufacturers must take . this . human-; annihilation - as one of their major problem; They must see trie writing on taervau, because, although now- dim. it - 61 tlase into briHiancy within a shortt lime. '"Tbe 'American peopiei jas we know. are slow to action. ... Bot with every one killed or hurt, a number of others are affected aad this cross section of tbe country is en!ars.r? .-infy. Let us set t.p fore It is too m t-cf.re . foe American people LnsisT. -,i?on some 1-1 r-.-aii.. s aai rr ; ,t . ; i." Coal Short;, . ' ; C Many Are In Distress ; Wasliington, " Dec; P. -The first -cold wave of Jttoe winter, extending- over the midwest and ; sweeping eastward to. the sea, is bringing acute distress many households -due to the hard coal famine,' according to reports, today , to the 1 federal - fuel distributor td the weather bureau. - Suffering-is -confined largely to the Atlantic seaboard and, a. few-interior points. Colder' weather- and snow was forecast for tonight and tomorrow for the seaboard, with a corresponding In crease la suffering. fSlightly warmer weather tomorrows will ease the distress- la the Interior,, the bureau stated. Lack of coal cars is held responsible for. the shortage of hard coal. .-Soft coat is. being - transported Tin sufficient quantities to more than meet cuv .ent demands, the distributor's of fice stated. Philadelphia, Iec. . (U. P.V-?-The weather is slowly-turning, colder and anthracite coal is scarce. ,' Poor con sumers are buying by the bucket. . Albany, N. Y Iec .V: -P.) Se verely cold weather , prevailed here to day. There is no supply of fuel anead. New York,-; Dee.-; . -U. P.) The teTnperature-dropped eight degree be tween midnight and 1 a. m.- and was still going down. . It was Jtat ill o'clock. Kfforts -are being made to rush coai supplies-to the city. ... BLIZZABB GBirS CHICAGO: -. LAKB -TBAmC: T1F.I TP t iCnicago, Dec &) The-cold spell, which, has held the Northwest in its grip for-nearly a week, shifted to Chicago and.the, Great - Lakes region today. The, merenry fell stesdriy early this morning, A 60-mile an hour blis- sard is lashing Lake Superior and , has tied up vessel traffic, according to' re ports here , today. : The wind ' caused heavy . damage at - Sault -Ste Marie, Mlch. piling snow four, feet deep. Three vessels are reported missing; Near sere temperatures have prevailed - in Minnesota and the Northwest the last few days. - , , . A -"- PEACE UP TO II. S., TIGER DECLiulES ' Washington, Dec . CT, 1!'j---Pac can be ensured- "tt ""Europe if America stands by . ?rar(e, Georges !lemenceau declared In ,a speech, before the , leading- officers of the United fe'tates army at me.. war college here today. ,- r iserore an1 audience that1 was com posed of the men who "daily are study ing plans for vfuture wars, the Tger devoted most of his address to a plea tor lasting peace; -,.- . . -. . A snort, time previous he paid horn age to America's unknown - soldier, by Placing a. wreath on the tomb lir front of vthe great-, white marble - structure at-Arlington, - . - t, Stating that' he was Hearing the end of his mission, the Tiger bis fervent manner said; . f . ; . T -shall go back -tot France -with, a heart full of hope' that AmerVawill always 7 be a. great "friend -of -France, Peace -can be ensured in' Europe-, if these two nations worfcf together - rnat mignt d tbe great acmeve ment . of the - American ' citlxenry after its great triumph on the field of. bat tie." 1 -.- ' The war premier paid a high tribute to the part the United States played' in winning - the war and the leadership during the conflict of r Woodrow Wll- "A. new liberated Europe was made by you. and I must confess it was dons mainly by the great courage and strong . (Coscluded os .Pace Mine. Oolnm Om Formal ; Sale: of Flouring Mills'- ; Opens Saturday " The- formal sales of the properties of the Portland Flouring - Mills - company in Portland will take place Thursday, the first', one, at 'the courthouse at 10 o'clock;; when the- real property-will be disposed f of.-land ' thei second at ? 11 o'clock at the Albina mills,' at which th personal property;; "Will be sold.- , i-The Sperry' Flouring company of San Irar.ci sco,- represented locally by Frank Btinn, is expected io diq in - jne prop erty here, - thus effecting a consolida tion of the -two-milling companies, i, - The" Sperry tpeoplei- bought the mills and other properties in Albany, Condon and MetoBus at sales, held in the last few days, i There are about 200 ware houses and mills belonging to the Port land Flouring Mills company, scattered throughout the Northwest. - Tbe com pany never went Into the hands of re ceivers, but has been In continuous op eration. : with. Frsnic -Shall, -.-who now represents ..the c Sperry, ji interests,, in charge. It will be another 10 days before ithe sales in outside points are ait completed. - ; - v, - . : V . ... .. ,' U. P. to Consider . Suggested Change . In Name of Train Consideration of requests for chang ing the name . of the Oregon-Wash- ington i limited of the TJnioa Pacific Railway company; to Portland - Lim ited and for the speeding up of train schedule between ""Portland and Chi- cagb. will be-given by Union Pacific officials at their next regular ached uie co&ference. said ': J, .P.- O'Brien,' gen eral : manager of tbe .Ow. R. N in a letter addressed to the Chamber of Conunerce.wwv-"'v::;A'I'li, it 'J ' The chamber :l had - asked the running time between ; Chicago, - and Portland bo reduced from 71 hours to 66 or S hours. The 6 S -hour running schedule la now- in -effect betw een Chi cago and fcan Francisco. Union Pa cifie mail train Xo. 5. operating ' be tween Chics w and Port 'and. makes the tril in 59 hoars anti t minutes. 6 U. S. AREviY MEN KILLED Fokker Plane and Bombing 1'Ship'f Collide Over lingley, Virginia;" Major Captain, Ser geant and 3 Privates ' Dead. Langley Field, .V,. Dect .(!, TC. S.V Six . army aviators .were, killed here today--when ; a Martin bombing plane, carrying- four enlisted men and an officer, -and a Fokker plane.' which bsd 'just taken off from - the ground. collided about 200 feet to the air. ; I IW! dead : ' , Major Ooy'L." eSerhardt. '?..- .- -.--' CapUfiQ L. A. Doylo of ; San " Fran cisco. - ' 1 - ... ' Sergeant Arthur M.- ArsicK of Cleve land, Ohio. ' " - v - Private Leon-- Rolas of Philadelphia. Private Felix Blumka of Cnlcago. Private Tom Jordaa of Deep Sleep, The Martin plane was-on" a - practice flight with -Captain Doyle and the four erfltsted men aboard.-1 It was travel ing at high speed when Major Gerhardt rose from the. ground, in his Fokker directly In tbe ' path of the -oncoming bombing plane. With a resounding crash the two pianes came : together, both falling, to the. ground in flames. Private Rolas leaped from the burning-Martin plane and survived only a few minutes. - All the ; others -Were dead when witnesses of " the collision reached the scene, .-v.- . , An official investigation was ordered immediately. , . v, -" I1ITER VtATHER 0F.VAR1ETY IN CITY v - Storm . Wrapt Estfre1 Coast The enttre Pacific coast tins rora' '(be -Canadian border to- the California-line Is, wrapped Jn a .severe snowstorm and cold -waT-e. . - Hooi Kiver Eighteen Inches of mow on highway, Snocplow jut in "use."-"'" -,"- "" ... - t tr The Xalle Nine inches ot,(Snow. ;. '-Bend Six inches. -" Government ':CampThree feet-.: 'Whtte'-llaiiBbi-Flve inches. " -St. Helens Two and half inches. Maupln Seven Inches.-; j--: Oregon--City Three inches. ; ' - r - Montesaao Six inches. ''.' tf Seattle-Sixroche''tofTfcnow. -.; More snow and cold weather; during the' next 24 hours was tho prediction today4, "tor Portland by the - district weather office. . ' ?f The city" this morning wss tne center of a cold area with the- dividing line of warmer, weather lying only a few miles south in the Willamette valley. But-the weatber office Issued , the adi vice that" the j colder i area probably would hold - sway. tonight and "Thurs day. x ';.f i-.-tft '3-r fi''rM. Different weather conditions " pre vailed, today - in""varlous . sections of the" city.'- On' he heights above the weat side about six to eight inches of snow lay en the ground.- In Rose City Park, ;- trees bent and 'wires sagged under' a coating of ice v as the ..result or a silver thaw, and tiowntown only a thin skini,of snow, appeared,, - :f-y . Just' .' before -midnight.' Tuesdajr" of ficials of the pubUc service Jitilities is sued calls for. emergency workers when a silver thaw moved In from the . east. Difficulty vwaa-experienced in -keeping the - Boss City r and Montavilla , street cars. In operation on the .east ends, of tbe lines. - ". .'---- --But Just before midnight- a warmer wind brought rain - with. - tbe . result that .95 of ' an Linch.; felt tn4 tbe city. Again the - temperatures dropped and more ice f ormeoV-but as. the- tempera tures dropped, lower Jthe sleet turned to snow! . Today the railroads, telephone, telegraph, and street railway , companies reported . little trouble being. experi enced. . J ' j 1 ' 1 , Sleet and ice pulled down, some wires of ; the . telephone HatMnpany , between Portland and Astoria and several wires (Oachaded ea Pace Twenty.- Cetama Os ' Columbia; Basin Project Advocateil . ByrGen.Goetfials -I. j . . .. . . -, Washington, Dec -. p K S.) General- George W. Goethals.- Panama canal. builder, today advocated in the house- irrigation committee -a govern ment: survey iof ithe" Columbia river basin, Washington, for the purpose of determining Athe practicability and feasiblitty of reclamation and develop ment through Irrigation projects. ' Hundreds of thousands of acres of rich and .valuable agricultural lands ln this basin could 'be reclaimed If the engineering problems could . . be solved as General Goethals -.believes possible.-'; - He - said . the - project - was comparable' m - importance -with -the Panama canaL - . v ", '. t 11 More Bend Men : Subpenaedby ';IT. S. : i-; i .i ' . . - - ..av BeniL . Teo. . 6. Eleven - more . federal grand jury subpenaes in connection with the bonus appraisement investi gation wrere served in Bend , Tuesday, according to some of the men erved, who left, for Portland Tuesday night Somo of them were for men Incorrectly subpenaed slast week.,- - -- Isy Golden. F. OrreU of Bend and Staniey Smith of Lapine ere amons t;-j---se called . - '. ' - .- " i . , MORE PAY DENIED CITY ..HALL SWF "- V , , Tax Commission Turns' Down V. M ayor Jalcer's Plea i n Behalf ,::.- I ..:!. ?e .oi employes in Auauors ui- fifeej ..Loop v Road Approved. ! In spite' of an earnest .personal ap peal from Mayor Baker on : behalf ; of a salary Increase "'for cnnloyes in' the city auditor's office, the. tax 'conserva.. tlonand supervision commission today refused to allow an item in a supple mentary budget- to stand .; and denied the auditor's - assistants j... additional money. - Mayer-: Baker , ssld the employes - of the auditor's' office -were the tnost de serving in - the city-? service.- ' He said Utey ; were- breaking under- the strain white' employed in v a ' work .-that - -was the very backbone of the city ei minis tration.. His eulogy lasted 10 minutes. " -Cornmlssioner H. 1. Sabin, in reply to tle' mayor,': saW these employes must have patience while, this'genera tion " faces such -a -condition ss .has never- been ; confronted - before Iti - this age vThey ' should stay- by ;.the - post as they -did In the war. he said. the same' burdens, are .borne-' by -tax payers -.who- support f the wty. - Sabtn said he believes this lack of advance ment js merely temporary. -ISCREASK8 IEK1EI .. . The total . increase asked tinder, this soppiementary-budget was 3440. -The commission .refused salary increase -from 12700 to - 3000 for the chief draftsman in thV' engineering depart ment. The -total -amount- of money which wiU be saved - through miscel laneous .' cuts - dnrtng the - year was estimated at 183 t,09I. . . The- commission hsa been consistent in refusing -every vequest-tfor --salary Increases. , s ... " " : tA pproval : of the Moun t Hood ; loop road project was made and means Were provided i for1 financing" the work by the commiseionT at: Us session Tuesday sfternoon-. At , the same meeting the Greeley, "street ; extension, project-, was disapproved" 'and: deleted from --the budretfor the cominc. vear. ", :- DKtETED '-LAST TEAB f. Bethof these., projects - have'T.been hanging fire for two or more- years and the. action of-, tw -cott-mfsaloa In. ap proving the Mounts flood-loop project was just as drastic as the cutting out of the Greeley street extension budget; The Mount Hood Iood -sroiect was de leted trom the budget last year by tbe commission because it provided for .a lirecttaxi-i'TBis year; fji project jwas listed with the provision, that fund for its; completion. shall eome ; from the state' motor -vehicle license fund. ,It was decided that Multnomahr county has - authority to- expend its pro-rata portion ot-the tar- fund. n. the Mount Hood., loop., For this purpose $170,000 of - the . fund J will be - extended, from Multnoman county s fund - to Improve the road, a part of wbksh extends -into C0MXISSIO1TE&S SCOSZS The -commission scored the 'county commissioners for changing the Greeley street extension - plans so that IS feet of paving wit layed for -one-half of the distance" proposed to bave 'been covered :by;a 12-foot extension under last yekr's approved ? budget, i After one-half of, -the - worn - was completed petitions Sowers . entered ' for -lan addi tional S2S.0O0 to complete the paving. ' The commission took the, stand that . , . - . ..... . . . . iue( -y county - -. commjsnaners 7. -action should -be disapproved - and that ; the additional $25,000 -appropriation' should bo 'deleted -from the- budget. - .- ; y The commission chpjed 489t.25 from Ooochuiad tnPitt,Twuit7, Xohuu Thnl Deadlock 'Iiobms tin :Htew: 2 Offer; of jMirie ;0 p.ela t p r s "Chicago, Iec.'6.-L N. S.) Negotia tion of new.- wage; agreements by dis tricts and - arbitration in individual eases where an, agreeeot cannot be oth erwise reached, were rjdvocated in a res olution by the . bituminous coal oper ators : committee -on reorganisation, made: -public - here today Just as the operators and miners representatives went -into -session to outline new work ing agreements. "'.". . , This , stand of , the operators, means an Inevitable deadlock. Miners'' repre sentatives have always fought against district agreements and have consist entry refused to accept arbitration. Gossip Sp t By PavM Lawreaee -; - (OopTrilii. l2ii-b The Joamsll -vWashixigton, Dec . President Hard big's unexpected delay in -'sending to congress the annual message is catta- 1 sip in the national capital and if Mr. Harding had . ever thought t it J would attract so much at tention. ,s be - never would bave " broken the precedent.. . Most of the'" ru mors a float are' to the effect that -the president wanted to i of congress on his i proposals be lore putting -, them 4 into ' 1 Is ..message and that - be iid ot - t'r-nkr tnjr partica be .jn9 ty using tte lar ha r . t t o-. Harding Out qr Life YIiXIAM H. KLE? Vy PER, president of the Portland Baseball club, who has been barred from organ ized baseball for life for al leged false statements. - - k i .-.',.-- i ;:;. : Eeninsula V Sinks; Man - Asleep :Nearby iNotEven'Awakened -'- '- fttjr Uilitl Neirs.)' '-"", ' Gordon. , Wis., Iec. 6, Four" acres of land ' has" disappeared itnto ; upper Big Kia t Claire lake- near ; here In one . of the strangest phenomena , on .. Geologists : have been unable to ex plain the displacement of the penln- sula. which .--failed , to ..awaken George Barnes,--farmer; living .400 feet from the-point of land. Which disappeared overnight.. - -'.a . The , peninsula, ..jOOO feet-' wide - and 00 'feet ilong,'. extended into, the lake. and 1 was wel) known ' to hundreds of tourists and hunters? - "On It were 35 to - 40 tres, : and the tops of some of the .-larger, ones still.,, protrudev from the. surface of. the, lake.: .The .point of - land ' dropped off. - the .mainland, leaving'': s -sharp'' bankN' about .25 feet high, -T- The t6tarK drop is estimated to ba 60 . to" 70 feet. t. ' t ' v? Barnes told - of : Jraving gone down t the-lake Thanksgiving .ni-fht. Later, w-hea be returned-: !o .the. .lakp,..the land had completely di&appeared-IIe notified Walter Munch, who had.ne gotiated to purchase the land. Munoh camodown-today and found the land had ' disappeared, 1 together- with- an expensive motor boat and - a lot : of Washington Bus I . Law Held Broad v By-State i Court Olympiad Wash Dee. 6.- Affirming the decision -of the Cowlits - county superior court convicting -H. 3. -Price, mail carrier between Castle Rock and Toutle. of violation -of the state motor vehicle - laws , for -operation - of - a bus without acertlf lea te-rof - public con venience rem the department of pub tic (Works Aaod. .without ; carrying in surance, the supreme court today held that; the la w--applies t&. tM i-carrisrs operating; -between fixed V. termini or on regular -rout.;-,." f '' . ;JPrIce f con tended.," although on "oc casions, he did .accept, passengers and freight , for transportation, this j did hot? mean ' that he came within the pars tion of , the -ynotor vehicle : law. as , the" law , only -applies, to common carriers-operating, between fixed ter mini and, "he did not.. maintain regular passenger service between any . given points. . . . z y-, : , .j . Piggly Giggly Chief Takes 51,000,000 to 'TeacW ; Wall street , ,' ' .-;.'." t. : . v i ' Memphis. -Tenn'lDec' .(!.. K.' S.)- Clarence Saunders, -president , of the Piggty Wlggly corporation.' operating a i chain--' of grocery " stores, left here Wednesday with: a mHlion . dollars in cash, aboard ta i special train with -the avowed, intention of - teaching Wall street the financial game... Four form er service meiC heavily armed, are on the car to guard the cash. , -- Sannders said - be had . cornered - the Piggly -Wiggly .market- Jn -the. face of short selling by; New ; York brokers, lie now says he- Is xgoing to- tiew Tork to- demand delivery ,-o -.his purchase. first week of the session of i congress for that 'purpose. - 1 Heretofore every ,president has sent a message on the second day of ' the session. the: idea -"being' that congress doesn't start -work until , it. hears from the , executive. Just what he - has - to recommend.. As a matter-of fact, -tra dition bas .had . little to do with - the practical working of. congress in the first; weeKt:lsj; 'ViWf. 0' Presidential message -bave usually been, read and- laid aside while con gress .made -up Its -own calendar ' and arranged its own- priorities, . Th4 first week has rarely been -one of, work. Members have always been busy ret ting settled in their office-. -and homes tne xirst weeK and - there . rarely i has oeen r anyuung .substantial - accom plished even in committees, Mr." Hard Ing by reason o hls six, years in . the senate knew; that and didn't see any reason wur ne pnoulrtn't take hta time, (C"or.t--iuifii oa Fie 1 wtiT. Coiuiaa tme) Messagei-DelELyed s - s ... - s , . S -! v -. i eculat-, on ' taiise mum r MILL v National- Association Acts en Ground That President of Lo cal Club Made False Stats ment Regarding Tacoma Club Louisville, - Ky., Dec . Tlie Na tional j ;;... Aesociation : of Prof eusSon al Baseball t Leagues--.: in session- here. through the action of the bonrd . of arbitra'Kn, barred 'William H. Klcp- per, president of the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league, from further BftrHrlnaJlon - In th affairs -of orc-in. Ized baseball. :. , - ::r::' --i . The charge against Kleener as stated In a -resolution offered at a meetin-r fied statements in connection with the payment of money to the Tacoma club for capital stock issued by that organ ization. ' . : : ;'--, -- 'In - the resolution offered Klepper's Mnishment was made permanent, lie had already been placed on the ineligi ble list until 1925 by Judge Landia for alleged jugglery in collaboration with Bill 'Ken worthy, manager. An an at tempt -r to ' regain the tatter's services as. - manager for the 'Portland club last spring,- after - Kenworthy had Signed witn Seattle. v ' For his alleired connection - with I ha plan,, Kenworthy was disqualified from playing In "the Coast league until 1924. ...The barring of Klepper was the sola tor-le-or mnvnrttlin &t fh m-( i lu ll IS banishment pave rise to quite a bit of excitement. ' - -. - - 1 Klpper ez pressed - gresfc surp'r i - h t the verdict.0 -He claimed that while iris statement filed with the National An sedation had- shown discref-encies.-the' wss In no wise to blame fend did not hope to benefit therehy in any wsy. On the contrary, be - said. , the fault was With the citizens of Tacoma, Wash. "Here's the whole thing In a nut -shell, .Klepper -declared... "Some time last February I made a plan to the cit izens' of Tacoma -to help them -finance a Dan ciud in xne i-acmc international league.... By popular: subscription they niftlv,Ai1 1a rolu -cunt in IK, i ) i borhood of $4950.. ? - ' I promi.sed and fulfilled my promise to contribute $5000. I then nieVtiie agreement with the -nation-! aKWH-ia-tion and stated the amonot of cai-ital stock had- been paid in- full, believing that the citizens had met their obliea-tions.- . It neems however, that the -ub- s?rtptw)T Hut ! Tacoma was somethin-f- uke- $1800 short and i have been held accountable for what . reason I cannot say, as I could not hope to benefit by thls" shortage. . . - It. Is understood that John Conway Toole, president:; of.- the; International league. who prosecuted the ; case gainst Kle pwr, wl U -Issue a Wri ttcn Statement-on the matter later. - ACTIOX OF ASSOC! ATlOTf " . COMES LIKE BO MB SHE LI Action of the iNatlotiai Association of Professional-'-Baseball Leagues - in parrmg v imam . m lepper. preiaent of the Portland club, from future par- ticlnation in-the affairs Of orsanized baseball.- broke -like : a- bombshell in baseball 'circles here -Just as did the de cision of Judge Landls In the William jvenworthy case, which- resulted in the barring of Klepper from baseball ac tivities -until the- 1923 season, together; With the declaring of James 3R. Brews ter of . Seattle. who( recently, sold his holdings in the club to Kenworthy. AV, H. Klepper and Milton Klepper; ineligible- for' two years.; and -disqualification of -Ken worthy as sw player -in the' Coast league until 1934. is BiG-sraritisE - " The nature of the cause of -the ac tion came as a complete surprise, al though it' was J known that Klepper had control' of the Tacoma -club and was the power -behind the throne. What action the Portland club will take will not be definitely ascertained until - the return of Klepper and Gua Moser,? vice president of the club, from Louisville. Ky tbe scene of the base ball gathering. -. 's :- - - - x Under -the Oregon blue-sky laws,' Klepper cant not be forced to vacate his position as president of the Port land : Baseball Club. Inc., but holdme that ' position with, the entire bageball world against him would. make it a. dif ficult matter-for Portland to ; prosper Conrhaded cm Pace seventeen. Column Two) Stormj Conditions Render Travel on HighwyDangerous Storm ' conditions in the Columbia river gorge during the . last 48 hours has made - travel over -: the Columbia river highway dangerous, ' according to advice received by the county com missioners ..office today from incom ing autoists. ,., - :' Heavy east, . winds have piled up drifts ranging 'as deep ss five feet along the highway. Although the snowfall in the gorge has been i: jht. every flake j. has ' been whirled into ravines and road depressions -by the Wind. - ;',-' ', ;: Continued; drifting of tbe snow -i!I make the read, impassable, according to the autoists. -The- Auto Staire ter minal reported that the Hood Hiver bus had encountered delays ' in l;a trip up the river,-, ; Toman Auto Victim IsStill; Unconscious ' Mrs. ..J.'C' Biggs," Injured in an a u to-mobile-accident - Saturday -nisht. i-s reported to be Jnr a serious condition today- Ehe has never regained con sciousness, ..'Attendants . at-, the Ox, 1 Samaritan-hospital state.; Mrs, was struck by an autociob,. t lyih and 'Jetferson "streets, ; ;